[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Next Gen Compute

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motional is a driverless technology company focused on making autonomous vehicles a safe and reliable reality. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Next Gen Compute team to improve the compute performance of autonomous driving systems through full lifecycle development, focusing on machine learning model deployment and optimization on embedded compute platforms.


Responsibilities

  • Focus deeply on ML model deployment, integration of multiple ML models, and ML model optimization on embedded compute platforms
  • Dive deep into the full ML software stack. Analyze ML workload performance on a variety of hardware processors, optimize ML models, improve ML software, and help us continually improve our stack through the application of efficient and effective ML approaches
  • Design, develop, test, integrate, and optimize software and tools on a variety of ML compute architectures
  • Collaborate with deep learning experts in perception, prediction, and other autonomous driving application areas to enable algorithms on GPU, NPU, and other ML accelerator architectures
  • Optimize the utilization of GPU/NPU resources and sharing of GPU/NPU access across multiple programs running on the same system
  • Lead designs to determine the needs of the system and how to best meet those needs through continually improving our ML software stack
  • Advise peers and management on technical matters

Skills

  • Experience with machine learning accelerators, including GPUs, NPUs, TPUs, and their programming environments, including CUDA, TensorRT, or similar technologies
  • Strong experience with modern C++ development in a Linux environment
  • Experience with parallel and high-performance computing
  • Comfortable with experimentation and evaluating different options as we work towards finding solutions that work
  • A degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or similar technical field of study, or you have equivalent knowledge gained through your practical experience
  • Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, and/or other ML frameworks
  • Experience with embedded systems development for ARM-based system-on-chip architectures
  • Experience working in a MLOps or DevOps environment
  • Passion for self-driving technology and its potential for positive impact on the world

Benefits

  • Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program.
  • Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Company Overview

  • Motional offers an autonomous driving platform for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers. It is a sub-organization of Hyundai Motor Group. It was founded in 2020, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://motional.com.

    • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Motional has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2026, 56 in 2025, 110 in 2024, 57 in 2023, 110 in 2022, 100 in 2021, 7 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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